Milk-cooler



(No Model.) I J., D. A. 81,'l J. W. BARNHART.

MILK COLBR.

No. 592,721 Patented Oct. 26, 1897.

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MILK-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iiatent No. 592,721, dated October 26, V1897.

Application tiled April A2 '7, l 8 9 7.

new and useful Improvements in Milk-Coolers; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others Skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in coolers, Aand especially to a milk-cooler, by which provision is made to allow a running current of water to pass through a tank having suitable partitions between which the can of milk may be held on suitable racks and so constructed that water which is fed to the tank may pass over and under alternate partitions, so as to take up the heat which is radiated from the milk and to pass out the opposite end of the tank from which it enters, thus supplying a constant current of cold water to the sides and bottoms of the cooling-receptacles:

A further part of theinvention consists in the provision of means for separatingor, spreading the water as it is fed to the tankso that it will enter the same in a sheetof water extending the entire width of the tank.

To these ends and to'such others as the invention may pertain the same consists, further, in the novel construction, combination, and adaptation of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application, and in which drawings- Figure l lis a perspective view of our improved cooler. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal and vertical section.

Reference being had' to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the tank, which is divided into a series of compart- Serial No. 634,147. (No model.)

' ments by'means of the partitionsB,the upper edges of which partitions extend,preferably,a slight distance below the upper edges of the tank, and each compartment is adapted to hold a can of milk or other liquid which it 5 is desired to cool, these cans being set upon racks D, removably held at the bottom of each compartment. Adjacent to each partition is a second partition-strip. E, the upper end of which is in a plane parallel to the planes of the upper edges of the partitions B and slightly above, while spaces are left between their lower edges and the bottom of the tank, so 'as to allow the water to pass underneath the said partitions E and over the tops of the partitions B. At one end of the tank is a trough F, through which the water passes through an outlet F', which water will pass from one end of the tank through, over, and under the alternate partitions to the outlet, having taken up the heat radiated from the milk or other liquid. At the inlet of the tank is our improved attachment Kfor dividing or separating the water as it enters the tank. This attachment broadens outward from the inlet-passage, and located in the center portion thereof is a V-shaped dividing-block tapering toward the tank, which is provided for the purpose of separating thestream of water as it comes under to the said attachment, whereby the water is fed into the tank across theY entire width ofthe end thereof. From the foregoing it will be seen that the water which is being constantly fed into the tank passes under the first partition and ills the first compartment, and after rising above the upper edge of the rst partition B is allowed to pass down underneath the next partition E and continue on in a similar course until the :outlet is reached, thus causing a circulation of the cold water from end to end of the tank.

Each compartment is provided with an outlet-passage H,bywl1ich anysediment or other foreign matter may be removed or the water 9 5v drawn off from the compartments.

What we claim to be new,- and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isa In a milk-cooler, the combination with the tank, series of transversely-arranged partiroo trough being in a plane coincident with the tionsB and E in pairs therein, each alternate end of said passage-Way secured to and openpartition E having a space intervening being into the end of the tank, slightlybeneath tween its lower edge, and the bottom of the the top thereof, as set forth.

tank and having their upper edges in the In testimony whereof we affix our signa- I5 sameplane,of the trough F,and outletF leadtures in presence of two Witnesses. ing thereform, the upper surface of the said JOHN BARNHART.

DAVID A. BARNHART. upper edges of said partitions B and below the JAMES XV. BARNHART. upper edges of the partitions E, of the downwardly and outwardly inclined inlet passageway, with dividing-block thereon, the lower l Witnesses:

CHAS. T. MACLAY, ARTHUR N. OCONNER. 

